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POISONING AN OARSMAN.; COURTNEY DRUGGED BY GAMBLERS. THE MATCH FOR THE AMATEUR CHAMPIONSHIP A ROW OVER FOR RILEY COURTNEY GIVEN POISON IN A GLASS OF ICED TEA THE PERPETRATOR, OF THE DEED UNKNOWN A GREAT CROWD OF"SPORTS" AND GAMBLERS PRESENT RILEY MAKES THE BEST TIME ON RECORD. THE PLOT EVIDENTLY KNOWN TO THE HOBOKEN GAMBLERS.

Special Dispatch to the New-York Times. ();

July 15, 1877,

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GREENWOOD LAKE, N.J., July 14. A strong breeze from the north blew down between the mountain, which inclose the lake, all the morning, and patches of white wind clouds flecked the sky and threw moving shadows on the tree-covered hill-sides.

July 15, 1877

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